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Deceptive Cadence
12:57 pm
Mon July 2, 2012

Summer Souvenirs: 75 Years Of Tanglewood In Pictures

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Seiji Ozawa and Arthur Fielder, aboard a train during Tanglewood on Parade, 1975.
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2008: James Levine conducts Berlioz' infrequently heard Les Troyens on Tanglewood's opening night.
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Undated: Conductor Pierre Monteux (in plaid) sits in Tanglewood's famed shed, talking with students.
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Undated: Seiji Ozawa confers with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
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1949: Serge Koussevitsky cuts a piece of birthday cake with two young notables — Leonard Bernstein (left) and Lukas Foss (right).
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1975: BSO music director Seiji Ozawa and Boston Pops conducting legend Arthur Fiedler wave happily to fans.
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Undated: Conductor Charles Munch takes a bow with violinist Isaac Stern and BSO prinicipal violist Joseph de Pasquale.
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Originally published on Mon July 2, 2012 2:34 pm

Join us Friday as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of Tanglewood, the summer music festival that is both the seasonal home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a legendary destination in its own right.

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World Cafe
10:49 am
Mon July 2, 2012

The Shins On World Cafe

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The Shins' latest release, Port Of Morrow, is their first album in five years.
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The Shins are a dream-pop outfit from Portland, Ore. Arising as a side project while singer/songwriter James Mercer lived in New Mexico, the band took on a life of its own after a number of singles such as "New Slang" were featured in films, pulling the young indie rock group into the national spotlight.

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Tiny Desk Concerts
9:26 am
Mon July 2, 2012

Exitmusic: Tiny Desk Concert

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The transporting music of Exitmusic is so grandiose, so romantically rich, it could easily envelop a concert hall or cavernous church. It's a beautifully buzzing mix of distorted guitars, synth pads and sparse electronic beats, all of which intermingle around Aleksa Palladino's alluring, heartsick voice like a swarm of bees in your chest.

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Why Music Matters
3:34 pm
Sun July 1, 2012

Breaking Records To A Velvet Underground Beat

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Christian Niccum and Dan Joye at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada.
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Christian Niccum and Dan Joye at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada.
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Originally published on Sun July 1, 2012 4:05 pm

Weekends on All Things Considered continues its "Why Music Matters" series with Olympic luger Christian Niccum. Niccum says music was the key to one of his first accomplishments in the sport.

"I was 15 years old, in Berchtesgaden in Germany," he says. "It's the oldest artificial luge track in the world, and it's also the most difficult."

Daunted by the course's many sharp turns, Niccum turned to something borrowed for inspiration.

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Music Interviews
3:30 pm
Sun July 1, 2012

Bobby Womack: 'God Must Still Have A Purpose For Me'

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Bobby Womack's latest album, The Bravest Man in the Universe, came out June 12.
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Originally published on Sun July 1, 2012 4:05 pm

"We had two shows that night," says Bobby Womack, recounting a recent concert in Houston. "It was a small theater, about 5- or 6,000 people. The second show, I was just out of it; they had to take me to the hospital."

It was a serious scare for the 68-year-old singer-songwriter — who has also lived through drug addiction and the deaths of two sons — and it didn't end that night.

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